About felicityhen

I am a historian of science, particularly interested in early-modern intellectual history and the social world of the early Royal Society of London. I am currently editing Robert Hooke's diary for publication.

Visitors to the site might be interested in the following conference taking place at the Royal Society on Monday 16 September. Matters of thought: models and knowledge-production in the early-modern world 9:00 am – 6:00 pm on Monday 16 September … Continue reading →

Readers might be interested in this forthcoming conference: COLOUR IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES: CONNEXIONS BETWEEN SCIENCE, ARTS, AND TECHNOLOGY International conference, Technische Universität Berlin, 28-30 June 2012 Knowledge of how to use, combine, analyse, and understand colour has … Continue reading →